The fate of an evil tongue; seven putti stand around an anvil on which they hammer a tongue, landscape and architecture behind
Nicoletto da Modena Italian
Not on view
Although printmakers traditionally used black ink, beginning in the mid-fifteenth century artists started experimenting with colored inks, particularly blue, green, brown, and red. The Italian printmaker Nicoletto da Modena printed a small number of his compositions using various shades of blue ink earlier in the century, making this impression quite rare.
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